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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct pricing

Cheapest host: DeepInfra · checked Oct 23, 2026
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$0.20 / $0.88per 1M tokens in / out
#161on OpenRouter by tokens · 20.1B / week

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$0.20DeepInfra
Output$0.88
Context · max output262K · 33Ktokens

Where to buy3 providers · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
DeepInfra$0.20$0.88—
Parasail$0.21$1.90—
Venice$0.21$1.90—

In Alibaba (Qwen)'s line-upper 1M in / out

Qwen 2 VL 7B Instruct$0 / $0−100%
Decision Model Preview$0 / $0−100%
Qwen3.5 0.8B$0.01 / $0.05−95%
Qwen3.5 2B$0.02 / $0.10−89%
Qwen3Guard Gen 0.6B$0.04 / $0.08−86%
Qwen VL OCR$0.043 / $0.072−86%
Qwen VL OCR 2025-11-20$0.043 / $0.072−86%
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Pricing questions

How much does Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct cost?›

$0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.88 per 1M output tokens.

Is Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct free to use?›

There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.

What is a cheaper alternative to Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?›

Claude Haiku 5.5 at max effort costs -46% per task with a score ×4.4 on .